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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFFIoE.

R. M. BOUTON, OF )VEST TROY, NEW YORK.

FAUCET.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 10,800, dated April 18, 1854.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD M. BOUTON, of W'est Troy, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in4 Faucets or Liquor-Cocks, which I name Adjustable Valve-Faucets;7 and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference accompanying the same and marked thereon, the same letters always indicating the same parts, in which- Figure 1 represents the exterior of the faucet (the valve closed) Fig. 2, front-end view of Fig. l, showing the head of the faucet. Fig. 3 is a perpendicular longitudinal section of Fig. l through the axis of the waterway (w,) showing the internal structure, (s) the shank, (an) the valve, (P, P,) the piston or valve porter, (R,) the adjusting screw, (0,) the cam, and L its lever, (0,) the outlet or mouth, (F,) the fulcrum, or center pin of cam, and (M,) the cammortise in faucet and piston. Fig. 4, T- head of cam lever. Fig. 5, head of cam lever with one eye for insert-ing a wood or other (T,) in large cocks. Fig. 6, section same as Fig. 3, showing the valve open. Fig. 7, horizontal section longitudinally, at right angle to Figs. 3 and 5, through the axis of the fulcrum, (F,) representing the valve half open. Fig. 8, section, same as Fig. 3, showing the introduction of a toggle or knee joint, to close the valve, while it is opened by the cam, C. Fig. 9, section, same as Fig. 3, showing one way of adapting a metallic valve (closed) which is kept adjusted by a spring (i, z').

The prominent defects pertaining to most of the faucets now in the market, are: lst,

the impossibility of retitting while in use, should a leak occur without detaching the faucet from its place; 2d, the mechanical skill requisite to make a` refit by grinding. 3d, the almost universal contraction of the waterway through the valve-seat, or, turning piston. 4th, the disagreeably slow motion of the valve when moved by a screw, or, if the threads of the screw be made quick, the liability of the valve to open by pressure of the liquid, or, by other causes.`

It is believed all the above and other defects are obviated in this improved faucet, as,

should a leak occur while in use, it may be checked immediately, and without. displacing the faucet, merely by increasing the pressure on the valve, by means of the adjusting screw (R,) and the cam is so shaped that th-e valve can not be opened by pressure of the liquid nor by accident, and as there is no contraction in any part of the waterway; therefore a purchaser need not pay for a faucet o-f an inch and half bore, to obtain an efficient inch waterway.

To enable others,skilled in working metals, to make and use my invention, l will proceed to describe its construction and op eration. y

The valve is attached to one end of a piston, or sliding valve porter (P, P",) working in the head of the fau-cet, and moving over and beyond the outlet or mouth (0,) to the valve seat as is represented in Figs. 3, 6, 7 and 8, and is opened and closed by the reciprocating motion of the piston and valve, by means of the cam (C,) and its lever (L). It is closed by the pressure of the cam (C,) on the head of the adjusting screw (R,) as in Figs. 3, 6, o-r on the shoulder (P,) in Fig. 9, or by straightening the toggle-joint (T, R,) in Fig. 8, and is opened by the reverse motion of the lever (L,); the cam (0,) pressing on the shoulders (P,) as in Figs. 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 or the toggle joint may both close and open the valve by having its lower end hinged to the piston, (P), without a cam to press on the shoulder (P).

The pressure on the valve may in- `creased or diminished at any time, while the faucet is in use, by turning the screw R, by means of a circle of holes in its head, of which represents one, or, by means of a toothed head, not represented, or, by turning the screw of the toggle joint T, R. The valve may in all cases be a disk; either metallic as in Fig. 9, elastic, as in Figs. 3, 6, 7, 8, or,`nonelastic, as the purpose shall indicate. For acids I make the waterway of glass or porcelain. To prevent the liquor penetrating the head of the faucet from O, to'the fulcrum, while operating, a packing is inserted in a circular groove at c, and c. The cam works in a mortise through the circumference of the faucet at M, and a corresponding one in the piston (P). By detaching the screw F, the piston and valve may be withdrawn from the head of the faucet, for examination o-r, retitting.

I Wish to have it distinctly understood that I do not intend to limit myself to the` precise construction above described; but intend to vary the arrangement of parts as shall suit my object, While the combination remains unchanged, as: the lever L, may be detached from the cam (0,) and afixed to one or both ends of the fulcrum, outside of the faucet, the fulcrum (E) in this case being fast or fixed in the cam, and turnino' in the sides of the faucet, and, the lever LQ instead of being of a piece with the cam, may be inserted in afmortise made in the cam and Aby being thinner than the cam, it may Work through a slot cut through P, and perform a greater portionof a circle; While the surplus thickness of the cam on each yside of the lever, Will act on the remaining portions of the shoulder Pf, to open the valve, this Will give more acting periphery of the cam, and consequently more power of pressure. The application of a vparts, separately considered, as they may have been used for a similar purpose by others; but- What I claim as new, and as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the piston, cam and lever, substantially as described and represented, With or Without the toggle joint for v the purpose of closing the valves of liquor faucets.

R. M. BOUTON. wWitnesses:

C. H. DENIo, T. S. BANKER. 

